Streamwood, Illinois, United States

🇺🇸 Streamwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a north-west suburb of Chicago, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Streamwood is one of the three communities that make up the so-called "Tri Village" area, along with Bartlett and Hanover Park. Streamwood was first incorporated as a village in 1957.

Retail and commerce A major retail sector has developed in recent years at the intersection of Illinois Route 59 and Illinois Route 19 called Sutton Park, which includes the Sutton Park Shopping Center.

Geography Streamwood has a total area of 7.854 square miles (20.34 km²), of which 7.82 square miles (20.25 km²) (or 99.57%) is land and 0.034 square miles (0.09 km²) (or 0.43%) is water.

Schools The village is primarily served by a unified school district, Elgin Area School District U46, the second largest school district in Illinois. U-46 provides educational services to nearly 40,000 students in area of approximately 90 square miles (230 km²) in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. A small subdivision east of Barrington Road is served by School District 54 (Kindergarten through Junior High) and Township District 211 (High school.) The village is also served by and falls entirely within the boundaries of the Elgin Community College District. • District U-46 • Township District 211 • District 54 • Elgin Community College District 509 (known commonly as ECC)

The village is also one of the locations of Northwest Academy, a private therapeutic day school serving special education students from school districts within a 50-mile (80 km) radius.

Parks and libraries The village is primarily served by the Poplar Creek Library District and the Streamwood Park District. Residents east of Barrington Road are served by the Schaumburg Township District Library and the Schaumburg Park District. Residents who live west of Rt. 59 are served by the Gail Borden Public Library District in Elgin. • Poplar Creek Public Library • Renner Academic Library at Elgin Community College • Schaumburg Township District Library • Streamwood Park District • Schaumburg Park District • Gail Borden Library

Places of worship Streamwood is home to a diverse variety of places of worship across various religious denomination, including, but not limited to: • Faith Missionary Baptist Church • Immanuel United Church of Christ • Grace Bible Church • Grace Lutheran Church • Mercy Community Church • New Hope Community • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church • The Church in Streamwood • Truelight Lutheran Church • Christ Community Church • Baitul Ilm • Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Temple Midwest Chicago • Madhav Kendra (Temporarily Closed) • Awana - Headquarters of the international evangelical Christian nonprofit organization in child and youth discipleship.

Streamwood Stride The Streamwood Stride is an endurance race. It is held in Streamwood on the second weekend of June. The 2010 Streamwood Stride was its 12th race, and included the 5k run/walk, the 10k run, kiddie races of 50m and 100m, the double derby (which is Streamwood Stride teamed up with Bartlett Blossom Run), and the 1-mile (1.6 km) fun run.